Congratulations to our Fishies!

When we moved we decided to get an aquarium and some fish. It was only a few weeks ago that we got some starter fish, some neon tetras and platies. We thought that the female platty looked really fat and I guess she was pregnant! The other night I saw a baby fish swimming in the tank, but it disappeared and I was mourning our loss, but this afternoon we found at least four or five baby fish swimming on the bottom! Hooray! I just hope they don't continue to multiply or we'll be swamped with fish!
Here are some pictures of what our fish look like (from the internet).

Venice

After London we flew to Venice (flights within Europe are cheap!!). We got in pretty late and had an adventurous bus ride to our hotel (we only had a 20 Euro note and the bus driver wasn't thrilled that we didn't have change, but we worked it out). We got a little sleep and then spent the day in Venice before our flight out that night to Rome (it was a REALLY short trip - if I ever go to Venice again I need to spend more than one day there). Here are some pictures:

Cruising the Grand Canal

We went to St. Mark's Cathedral (they've basically stolen stuff from all over Europe and put it in their church - even Mark's body!). The entire ceiling is covered in mosaics (unfortunately you can't take pictures, so these are from outside).



(Isn't he cute? Even in a hot, sweaty, crowded city!)

We stopped at a sandwich shop for lunch. Chris was excited about his cheap salami sandwich. What a find in an expensive city!


Then we went to an outer island and watched a short glass blowing/shaping demonstration that was cool. And then it was off to the airport for another (late) flight.

BYU 14 - OU 13!

What an amazing game! BYU (ranked #20) beat OU (ranked #3). People may tell you it's because their quarterback went out at half time with an injury (and that helped), but up to that point BYU was still very much in the game. How amazing! What an awesome start to the season! I called my little brother after the game (a Freshman at BYU) and he was out in the streets celebrating!

(picture from KSL.com)

Hello London!

Ever since we were married, I've been telling Chris that "one day" I would take him to Europe. Well, with Chris beginning his MBA we decided to go on my dream vacation! We started in London, then flew to Venice, Rome, and Switzerland (flights within Europe are SO CHEAP!). Here are some fun pics from London. Of course, with just the two of us there wasn't really anyone to take a picture of us together, and I had the camera most of the time so I put Chris in any pictures I could get him into (until he started offering to take my picture).

Our room in London with a VERY jet-lagged Chris. He really struggled to adjust, poor guy!

Jamie in front of the British Museum (The British Empire's attic full of stuff from their global conquests. They even have a Greek temple in there!).

Jamie in St. James' Park

Pretty good for taking that myself, don't you think? :)

We got to go see "Wicked" and I was so excited that I forgot to take a picture outside. But here's the stage inside. The dragon roared and moved - it was so neat! Chris even enjoyed it.

Chris inside the British Museum with the Egyptian artifacts (we went back for a second visit - it's too much to take in in one day!).

We went to the Hyde Park Ward and this is the church building - it still looks like an LDS church, but it's mixed in with a bunch of large buildings - right across the street from the Science Museum (that's how we found it!). The people were very friendly and we even ran into someone from our old ward who was in London doing graduate studies with his wife! It was fun to see a familiar face - and he even got home before we did!

Will we go back? Of course. I already talk about our next trip to London! But I think it will be a LONG way down the road. Chris wants to go to Jerusalem. That's a serious trip!!